Readers: Allowances, LSU and Annuities

By

Jeff D. Opdyke

Updated April 20, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

Readers are sharing their comments and questions this week on three recent columns.

Last week, I wrote about a difference of opinion between my wife, Amy, and me regarding our son's allowance. She thinks it's fine to dock his pay for misdeeds because he needs to learn to earn his money. I think an allowance is a tool to teach money-management...